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U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed South Carolina Congressman Mick Mulvaney to serve as White House budget director in a 51-49 vote, with John McCain the only Republican to vote against him.reuters.com(See also First 100 Days)

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit from an official who claims that she, and not Donald Trump appointee Mick Mulvaney, is the rightful director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.thehill.com(See also Legal Activity)

2017.12.05

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under Mick Mulvaney has suspended or softened several investigations and lawsuits, stopped approval of payments to some victims of financial crime, halted hiring, froze all new rule-making, and ordered a review of active investigations and lawsuits, some of which will be abandoned.nytimes.com(See also Corruption)

A request by the Justice Department to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census could shift the nation’s balance of political power from cities to more rural communities over the next decade and give Republicans a new advantage drawing electoral boundaries.washingtonpost.com(See also Racism, Department of Justice, Voter Suppression)

2018.01.24

Instead of helping consumers (as the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau), Mick Mulvaney, who has accepted donations from payday lenders, is now delaying the implementation of payday lending rules.npr.org(See also Reversals, Corruption, Conflicts of Interest)

Mick Mulvaney, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has pulled back from a full-scale probe of how Equifax Inc failed to protect the personal data of millions of consumers, after hackers stole personal information from approximately 143 million Americans.reuters.com(See also Assaults on Government, Reversals)

2018.02.12

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created after the financial crisis to protect Americans from being ripped off by financial firms, but Donald Trump's interim appointee to run the bureau, Mick Mulvaney, is making radical changes to deter the agency from aggressively pursuing its mission.npr.org(See also Assaults on Government, Legal Issues)

2018.03.18

The White House budget office said on Wednesday it was probing whether a $43,000 soundproof phone booth installed for Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt violated the law, while dozens of Democratic senators called for him to resign over allegations of ethics lapses.reuters.com(See also Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency, Corruption)

2018.04.02

The Trump administration wants to limit a federal consumer regulator’s ability to independently oversee financial firms by placing the agency under congressional and White House oversight, thus further reining in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.wsj.com(See also Reversals, Domestic Policy, Corruption)

2018.04.12

A regretful Donald Trump wants to roll back spending in a massive omnibus bill he signed into law, but Republicans who helped craft the legislation are in open revolt.politico.com(See also Reversals, Economy)

2018.04.12

Judges on a federal appeals court panel appeared hesitant to overrule Donald Trump and install the deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as the agency's temporary leader, but two of the three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit indicated they had a problem with the person Trump selected to take the position, Mick Mulvaney, because he also heads the White House Office of Management and Budget.latimes.com(See also Conflicts of Interest, Legal Issues)

“We had a hierarchy in my office in Congress,” Mr. Mulvaney, a former Republican lawmaker from South Carolina, told 1,300 bankers and lending industry officials at an American Bankers Association conference in Washington. “If you’re a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn’t talk to you. If you’re a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.”

2018.04.24

The Trump administration is likely to end public access to a web portal used by hundreds of thousands of consumers each year to file complaints against financial companies.wsj.com(See also Assaults on Government, Reversals)

Mick Mulvaney, the leader of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says he doesn’t have to “run a Yelp for financial services.”

2018.05.09

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will shutter its student lending office, according to a bureau-wide memo written by its acting director, Mick Mulvaney, which had been responsible for returning $750 million in relief.talkingpointsmemo.com(See also Reversals)

2018.05.21

Donald Trump signed legislation that will undo a 2013 effort by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to discourage discrimination in auto lending.politico.com(See also Reversals, Racism)

The CFPB has effectively dismissed the members of the Consumer Advisory Board, which is supposed to advise the bureau on fair lending, civil rights and underserved communities.

2018.06.19

Mick Mulvaney will most likely remain acting chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as Kathy Kraninger, nominated to run the 1,700-person agency quickly ran into opposition from the left and right, with many critics saying she wasn’t qualified for the job.wsj.com(See also Administration Errors, Reversals)

2018.08.13

The Trump administration is taking aim at a law designed to protect military service members from getting cheated by shady lending practices, while also separately taking broader steps to roll back enforcement of the Military Lending Act, designed to protect service members from predatory loans and financial products.npr.org(See also Reversals, Department of Defense)

In a scathing resignation letter, Seth Frotman, who until now was the student loan ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, says current leadership "has turned its back on young people and their financial futures." The letter was addressed to Mick Mulvaney, the bureau's acting director.

2018.12.04

Political appointees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gummed up agency operations while claiming efficiencies as their aim, constraining the agency from within, as enforcement actions have dropped 75% below its average.washingtonpost.com(See also Assaults on Government)

2018.12.10

The Trump administration for months concealed a report that showed Wells Fargo charged college students fees that were on average several times higher than some of its competitors.politico.com(See also Department of Education, Corruption)